This just in from the future… Dick Dynamo self destructs ?!?!

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Dick DynamoHoly wazzengas! The latest Dick Dynamo: The 5th Dimensional Man show (show #5) starts off normal, then turns into an absolute train-wreck!! It appears the show is ending. The DD team has broken up (?). Jon Baker tells why the show is ending (?) in this, the last (?) podcast.

I am saddened.

On the other hand, this is probably one of the more original endings (?) for a show you’ll ever hear. I loved the poem. Have a listen to the final (?) show |MP3|. And normally I’d suggest you subscribe to the podcast, but what’d be the point? Anyway I guess that’s still here:

http://dickdynamo.libsyn.com/rss

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P.S. This new “tech man” show – it sounds kind of kewl.

P.P.S. J.C. is so totally a Yoko Ono.

P.P.P.S. Is it just me or does Deck Rhynamo sound exactly like Decoder Ring Theatre’s Deck Gibson?

Maria Lectrix SF Podcast: Despoilers of the Golden Empire by Randall Garrett

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Maureen O’Brien, of the Maria Lectrix podcast, has been podcasting SF novels faster than a Corellian can make a Kessel run. But for April 1st 2008 she’s turned her attention to a shorter piece called Despoliers Of The Golden Empire. This is an extremely compelling tale (that you ABSOLUTELY DON’T WANT TO RESEARCH before listening to – trust me) – Maureen sez of it:

“…a very good story by Randall Garrett, and it makes a very good comment on sf as a genre….it was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, for April Fools’ Day.”

And “Randall Garrett was known for his skill in writing adventure science fiction, alternate world fantasy mysteries, and stories full of great humor and horrible puns. This story, first published in Astounding in March 1959 under the pseudonym ‘David Gordon’, is truly characteristic of his body of work.”

I agree, this is a fun story, very pulpy – deliberately so – it even has its own Wikipedia entry (which is quite rare for a short story) – but don’t click on it until after you hear the story.

Despoilers Of The Golden Empire by Randall GarrettDespoilers Of The Golden Empire
By Randall Garrett; Read by Maureen O’Brien
5 Zipped MP3s or Podcast – Approx. 2 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Podcaster: Maria Lectrix
Podcast: April 1st 2008
A seasoned military commander travels to another world to find the metal that brings power, and ends up bringing down a barbaric empire.

Subscribe to the podcast via this feed:

http://marialectrix.wordpress.com/feed

P.S. This story is full of de-spoilers. So please don’t de-spoil the story for others, okay?

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Texas Radio Theatre takes on a Texas-sized project – Lone Star Planet

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

SFFaudio’s Make An Audiobook Win An Audiobook Challenge #2A little publicity can go a long way – here’s proof. That interview with me on PodioMedia Chat |MP3| got heard by the folks at The Texas Radio Theatre Company. And that got them all fired up over the idea of the 2nd Annual SFFaudio Challenge – and so they’ve staked a claim for themselves…

And it’s a suitably Texas-sized project…

The Texas Radio Theatre Company is taking on…

Lone Star Planet (AKA A Planet For Texans) by John Joseph McGuire and H. Beam Piper!

Lone Star Planet by John Joseph McGuire and H. Beam Piper

Texas Radio Theatre member, Reg Platt, will be narrating!

This novel was the Winner of a Prometheus Award for Best Classic Libertarian SF Novel. It is a tongue-in-cheek tale featuring a planet full of Texans whose dinosaur-sized cattle have to be herded with tanks, and whose system of government derives its character from H.L. Mencken’s essay The Malevolent Jobholder. Plus it has some damn cool cover art…

Lone Star Planet - Fantastic Universe Science Fiction

Now, if we can only find an English speaking narrator from Iceland to record Space Viking…

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New Releases – Science Fiction from Recorded Books on Audible.com

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Audible.comAudible.com has just added “a slew of Hugo/Nebula winning and otherwise classic sci-fi titles from Recorded Books.” None of these has been available previously in digital audio – and most have been difficult to find in physical CD (as Recorded Books has been a staunch supporter of the cassette format). Available now from Audible are..

The Terminal Experiment
By Robert J. Sawyer [READ OUR REVIEW]

To Say Nothing of the Dog
By Connie Willis [READ OUR REVIEW]

Blue Mars
By Kim Stanley Robinson

Green Mars
By Kim Stanley Robinson

Doomsday Book
By Connie Willis [READ OUR REVIEW]

Sundiver: The Uplift Saga, Book 1
By David Brin

Startide Rising: The Uplift Saga, Book 2
By David Brin [READ OUR REVIEW]

The Uplift War: The Uplift Saga, Book 3
By David Brin

The Forever War
By Joe Haldeman [READ OUR REVIEW]

Forever Peace
By Joe Haldeman

Timescape
By Gregory Benford [READ OUR REVIEW]

To Your Scattered Bodies Go: Riverworld Saga, Book 1
By Philip Jose Farmer

And, Audible also sez that Red Mars [READ OUR REVIEW] (notably absent from the list above) is “coming – soon, we hope….!”

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PodCastle – The Fantasy Fiction Podcast begins tommorow, thanks (in part) to me!

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

PodCastle - The Fantasy Fiction PodcastThe world’s most long awaited podcast is brought to you by me! Yup, PodCastle – The Fantasy Fiction Podcast begins tomorrow!

No, I didn’t write the first story. I didn’t narrate it either. I didn’t edit it. I didn’t procure the story from the author, or even choose which story it’d be. Nope, I didn’t even host the file! No, instead what I did was put my money where my ears are.

I paid for the first story!

That is, I was the first donor, and PayPaled Escape Artists (the parent for PodCastle). If you like listening to podcasts, if you anticipate their delivery to your podcatcher on a regular basis, I say to you… “Hey, buddy! Put your money where your ears are and pony up some dough.” You can subscribe to the podcast feed for PodCastle via this feed:

http://feeds.escapeartists.net/PodCastle_Main

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